'Yellow vests' find support among France's far-right and far-left — but can they win votes?
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“In a sense it’s against a political system,” he said. “But also starting an under-the-radar political movement, because when you have meetings with deputies and ministers and even a president, we’re already in a political action.” But after President Emmanuel Macron scrapped a proposed diesel tax, the protests continued and the demonstrators' demands appeared to shift, variously pushing for the president’s resignation, public referendums for government decisions and still lower taxes.That such a group has earned recognition from the political powers-that-be is a sign of the times.
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